FSI-Chinese-Docbook/OptionalModule-HTL/FSI-OptionalModule-HTL.xml

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    <title>Hotel</title>
    <section>
        <title>General</title>
        <para>The purpose of the Hotel Module (HTL) is to provide you with the linguistic skills you
            need to be able to stay in a hotel and enjoy its services. </para>
        <para>Before starting the? Hotel Module, you should have at least completed the Money
            Module. The Hotel Module may, of course, be done at any later point in the course.
        </para>
    </section>
    <section>
        <title>Specific</title>
        <para>When you have finished this module you should be able to: </para>
        <orderedlist>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask to reserve a room. Specify whether it will be a single or double, with or
                    without air conditioning, with or without heat. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask about room rates. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Understand questions about whether you want a television in your room, whether
                    you need valuables stored, whether you want a guide. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Find out whether Western or Chinese food is served in the hotel restaurant.
                </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Find out what hours meals are served in the hotel dining room. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask your room attendant for additional blankets or pillows. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask to have clothes laundered or cleaned. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask for tourist guidebooks. </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>Ask for the bill and settle your account.</para>
            </listitem>
        </orderedlist>
    </section>

    <section>
        <title>Objectives</title>
    </section>
    <section>
        <title>Unit 1</title>
        <section>
            <title>Part 1</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after part 1</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">lǚguǎn</foreignphrase>; This word is
                    used to refer to small inns and hotel. However, it is not used in the names of
                    hotels. </para>
                <para><informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>A: <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ zhù
                                            lǚguan ma?</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Do you stay in an hotel?</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>B: <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Shì, wǒ
                                            zhùzai Běijīng Fàndiàn. </foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Yes, I stay in the <foreignphrase
                                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Běijīng</foreignphrase>
                                        hotel.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >qǔchulai</foreignphrase>: This is a compound verb meaning “to fetch”, “to
                    get”, “to pick up”.</para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xiūxi xiuxi</foreignphrase>: You've
                    seen one syllable verbs reduplicated, like <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kànkan</foreignphrase> and <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">děngyideng</foreignphrase>. Here you see a two
                    syllable verb reduplicated. The effect is the same. It makes the action more
                    tentative, casual. “Rest a little bit”. </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Peking</title>
                    <para>A conversation between an American businessman, Mr. White (<foreignphrase
                            xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Huáitè</foreignphrase>) and the guide meeting
                        him at Peking's Capital Airport:</para>
                    <para/>
                    <para>After clearing customs:</para>
                    <para/>
                    <para>At the room</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after part 1 dialogue</title>
                <para>It is the policy in the PRC that most visitors be accompanied by a bilingual
                    guide throughout most of their trip. The traveler is met, either by a local
                    party representative, or by some other person responsible for his safety and
                    travel arrangements.</para>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Part 2</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after Part 2</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yàoshi</foreignphrase>; “If”. The
                    word <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yàoshi</foreignphrase> is what is
                    called a movable before or after the subject, but in any case before the verb in
                    the sentence. This is also true of word like <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">zuotian</foreignphrase>, <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">míngnian</foreignphrase>. <informaltable
                        frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yàoshi tā bú
                                            qù, yě bū qù, wǒmen yě bú qù.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>If he doesn’t go, we won’t go either.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ yàoshi
                                            jīntian wǎhshang niàn shū, wǒmen míngtiàn wǎnshang qù
                                            kàn diànyǐng.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>If you study tonight, we'll go to a movie tomorrow
                                        night.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"> Jīntian tā méi
                                            chī zǎodian.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>He didn’t eat breakfast today.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ míngtiàn bù
                                            lái shàng kè.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>I’m not coming to class tomorrow.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable></para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">diànlíng</foreignphrase>: “Electric
                    bell”. This word can refer to a buzzer or a bell. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">è</foreignphrase>: '“To be hungry”.
                    In the sentence, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nín è le
                        ba.</foreignphrase>, the state verb <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">è</foreignphrase> occurs with the marker
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">le</foreignphrase> for new
                    situations. The result is a phrase meaning “you've become hungry, I suppose” or
                    “you're hungry now, I suppose.” The verb indicates what the state is and the
                    marker le indicates that the state is new. </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Peking</title>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Part 3</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after Part 3</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">tì</foreignphrase>: This is a
                    prepositional verb meaning “for”, in the sense of “in place of”. <informaltable
                        frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Lǐ Xiānsheng
                                            jīntian tì Wáng Xiānsheng jiao shū.
                                        </foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Mr <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                                            >Lǐ</foreignphrase> is teaching class for Mr.
                                            <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                                            >Wáng</foreignphrase> today.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable></para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Shànghǎi xiànzài yídìng hěn rè le
                        ba!</foreignphrase>: Notice that three adverbs precede the verb in this
                    sentence: <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xianzài</foreignphrase>,
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yídìng</foreignphrase>,
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">hěn</foreignphrase>. The verb in
                    this sentence, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">rè</foreignphrase> “to
                    be hot”, is a state verb. The marker le indicates a new situation, a change of
                    state; “It has become hot”.</para>
                <para>
                    <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">fēiji piào</foreignphrase>: In the
                    Money Module you saw the word <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >piào</foreignphrase> used to mean “bill” or “note”. Here it means “ticket”. </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Peking</title>
                    <para>A conversation between an American and her guide.</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Part 4</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after Part 4</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kāishuǐ</foreignphrase>: This can
                    mean “boiling water” or “boiled water”. <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Liǎng kāishuǐ</foreignphrase> means “boiled water
                    which has been cooled”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ bù xiǎng dào cāntīng qù chǐ fan
                        le</foreignphrase>: the marker le used in this indicates a new situation.
                    The speaker has changed her mind. Usually she takes her meals in the dining
                    room, but today she doesn’t want to leave her room.</para>
                <para>
                    <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">shuixǐ</foreignphrase>: This verb
                    means “to wash, to launder”. But it is only used in a situation where it
                    contrasts with <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gānxǐ</foreignphrase>
                    “to dry clean”. Usually the one syllable verb <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">xǐ</foreignphrase>, “to wash”, is used. </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Peking</title>
                    <para>A conversation between Miss Smith and the hotel attendant she has just
                        rung for from her room.</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Unit Vocabulary List</title>
        </section>
    </section>
    <section>
        <title>Unit 2</title>
        <section>
            <title>Part 1</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after Part 1</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kōng</foreignphrase>: The adjectival
                    verb <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kōng</foreignphrase>, “to be
                    vacant, empty” is used here to modify the noun, <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">fángjiān</foreignphrase>, “room”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dānrénde</foreignphrase> /
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">shuāngrénde</foreignphrase>: The
                    marker de in each of these phrases indicates that they are modifying something.
                    The modified word (<foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >fángjiān</foreignphrase>) is omitted, however. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-jiān</foreignphrase>: This is the
                    counter for “rooms”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">nuānqi</foreignphrase>: Literally
                    this word means “warm air”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yǒu
                        nuǎnqide fángjiān</foreignphrase> is “a room which has heat”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">jiào</foreignphrase>: This is the
                    prepositional verb “to cause” (someone to do or be something). In the sentences
                    below, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gāoxing</foreignphrase> is the
                    adjectival verb “to be nappy”, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >shēngqi</foreignphrase> is the adjectival verb “to be mad”. <informaltable
                        frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā jiào wǒ bú
                                            gaoxing.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>He made me unhappy.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā jiào wǒ
                                            shēngqi.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>He made me angry.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Tā jiào wǒ zuò
                                            zhèijiàn shi.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>He had me do this. </entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-de
                        shíhou</foreignphrase>: When this follows any verb, verb phrase or sentence,
                    the expressions means “when something was done”. <informaltable frame="none"
                        rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Niàn dàxuéde
                                            shíhou, wǒ zhùzai yíge péngyou jiā.
                                        </foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>When I was in college, I lived at a friend’s
                                        house.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable></para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">cǎisè</foreignphrase>: This word
                    refers to colors in general and is used to meaning “colored” or “colorful”.
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Yánse</foreignphrase> is used to
                    refer specifically to one color at a time. </para>
                <para/>
                <para>Back at the desk after seeing the room.</para>
                <para/>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Taipei</title>
                <para>A conversation between Mr. Phillips and a desk attendant in a small Taipei
                    Hotel.</para>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Part 2</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes on Part 2</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">kèren</foreignphrase>: Literally
                    this word means “guests” but its translation changes depending on the context.
                    In a hotel situation, it means “(paying) guests”. In a shopping situation, it
                    means “customer”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">shěngde</foreignphrase>: This may
                    translated as “to avoid”, “lest”, or “so that (something) won’t have to happen”.
                    Here are some examples. <informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ xiān qù
                                            kànyikàn nèige fángzi, shěngde ni qù
                                        le.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>I’ll first go and look at the house, so that you won't
                                        have to go.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ wangle mǎi
                                            niúnǎi. Wǒ tì ni qù mǎi yìpíng, shěngde nǐ zài qù
                                            le.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>You forgot to buy milk. I’ll go buy a bottle for you, so
                                        that you won’t have to go again.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ jǐntian hǎo
                                            le. Wǒ kéyi zìjǐ qù le, shěngde nǐ
                                            máfan.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>I’m better today. I can go myself, and save you the
                                        trouble.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bǎnlai
                        bǎnqu</foreignphrase>: The verb “to move(something)” is <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bān</foreignphrase>. The verbs <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">lái</foreignphrase> and <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">qù</foreignphrase> may follow it to indicate the
                    direction in which something is moved. As directional endings, <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">lái</foreignphrase> and <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">qù</foreignphrase> are toneless. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">zhào</foreignphrase>: This is a
                    prepositional verb meaning “according to”. <informaltable frame="none"
                        rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhào tāde yìsi
                                            zuò.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Do it according to his idea.</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhào ta shuō,
                                            zhèige shìqing hěn rongyi.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>According to what he says, this matter is very
                                        easy.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable>
                </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Taipei</title>
                    <para>A conversation between an American man and a desk attendant in
                        Taipei.</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes after part 3</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">jiù shi</foreignphrase>: When the
                    adverb <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">jiù</foreignphrase> is used
                    with the verb <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">shì</foreignphrase>, it
                    emphasizes what follow. In this usage, <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >jiù</foreignphrase> has been translated as “precisely”, “exactly”,
                    “just”.</para>
                <para>
                    <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">zài</foreignphrase>: This is the word
                    for “again” when talking about future actions.[You is the word for again” when
                    talking about past actions.] <informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Qǐng ni zài
                                            lái.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Please come again. </entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Bié zài shuō
                                            ba.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Don’t say that again.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable></para>
                <para> In the sentence ...<foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">wǒ zài gěi ni ná
                        yige</foreignphrase>, the conversational translation “I’ll get you another”
                    masks the true functions of <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >zài</foreignphrase> in the sentence. A more literal translation might be
                    “I’ll again get you one.” </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">yóulǎn shǒucè</foreignphrase>:
                    “tourist guidebook”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >Yóulǎn</foreignphrase> is the verb “to go sightseeing”. <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Shǒucè</foreignphrase> is the noun “handbook”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">bìchúli / chōutìli</foreignphrase>:
                    The word for “closet” is <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >bìchú</foreignphrase>. The word for “drawer” is <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">chǒutì</foreignphrase>. The syllable
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">-lǐ</foreignphrase> means
                    “inside”. It may be added to a noun in a locational phrase to allow that noun to
                    function as a place word and to indicate the precise location “inside”. When
                    used as a locational ending, -<foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >-lǐ</foreignphrase> is toneless. You'll find more about locational endings
                    in Unit 2 of the Transportation Module. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gěi... dǎ diànhuà</foreignphrase>:
                    The word for “phone call” is <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin"
                        >diànhuà</foreignphrase>. The phrase “to make a phone call” is
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dǎ diànhuà</foreignphrase>. To say
                    that a phone call is made to someone in particular, use the prepositional verb
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">gěi</foreignphrase> followed by
                    the name, then the phrase <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">dǎ
                        diànhuà</foreignphrase>. <informaltable frame="none" rowsep="1" colsep="1">
                        <tgroup cols="1" align="center">
                            <colspec colname="c1" colnum="1" colwidth="1*"/>
                            <tbody>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Nǐ gěi shéi dǎ
                                            diànhuà?</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>Who are you calling?</entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Wǒ zuotian gěi
                                            mǔqin dǎ diànhuà le.</foreignphrase></entry>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry/>
                                </row>
                                <row>
                                    <entry>I called mother yesterday.</entry>
                                </row>
                            </tbody>
                        </tgroup>
                    </informaltable></para>
                <section>
                    <title>Taipei</title>
                    <para>A conversation between an American woman and the hotel attendant taking
                        her to her room.</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Part 4</title>
            <section>
                <title>Reference List</title>
            </section>
            <section>
                <title>Notes on Part 4</title>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">suàn zhang</foreignphrase>:
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Suàn</foreignphrase> is the verb
                    “to calculate”. <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Zhàng</foreignphrase>
                    is the word for “accounts” or “debts”. </para>
                <para><foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">guò</foreignphrase>: This is the
                    verb “to pass”, either physically, as in <foreignphrase
                        xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Guòle lùkǒur, wàng yòu zǒu.</foreignphrase>
                    “After you've passed the intersection, go to the right.”, or temporally, as in
                        <foreignphrase xml:lang="cmn-Latn-pinyin">Guò jitian, zài shuō ba.
                    </foreignphrase>“Wait a few days, then talk about it.” </para>
                <section>
                    <title>Taipei</title>
                    <para>A conversation between an American and a desk clerk in a hotel in
                        Taiwan.</para>
                    <para/>
                </section>
            </section>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Vocabulary</title>
        </section>
        <section>
            <title>Things in a Hotel Room</title>
        </section>
    </section>

</chapter>